Meta Knight

Meta Knight in Kirby Super Star
Meta Knight
Debut	Kirby's Adventure

Meta Knight is a character in the Kirby series. He wears a blue cloak and a light gray mask. He also wears shoulder pads with his personal emblem: a M with a sword in the middle. When the cloak and mask are removed, Meta Knight looks like Kirby except he's blue and has white markings.

Meta Knight is very mysterious and seems to waver between being a friend or being a foe. Either way, Meta Knight has a strong sense of honor. When he battles Kirby, he usually gives Kirby a sword.

Background

No one really knows much about Meta Knight's history. In the past, he has both fought against and fought along side Kirby.

Meta Knight leads a small army with several unique characters. The most important of these characters are the Meta-Knights. The Meta-Knights are made up of Meta Knight himself, Meta Axe, Meta Mace, Meta Lance, and Meta Droid. The Meta-Knights refer to their leader as Sir Meta Knight. Also unique is an eagle-like character and a sailor Waddle Dee who pilot The Halberd.

Meta Knight first appeared as a boss in Kirby's Adventure. In the Orange Ocean level, he's guarding a Star Rod. Occasionally, he sends the Meta-Knights after Kirby through out the level. At the end of the level, he and Kirby duel with swords. Later in the game, he has a change of heart and helps Kirby by giving him a special Invincibility candy.

Meta Knight makes his return in Revenge of Meta Knight, one of the games in Kirby Super Star. Intent on destroying Dream Land's lazy life style, Meta Knight flies his ship, The Halberd, to conquer the land. Kirby manages to destroy the ship's main engine and escape before the ship fell into the ocean.

When evil threatens the Mirror World, Meta Knight is the first to help. However, Meta Knight's Mirror World self, Dark Meta Knight, captures him. Dark Meta Knight disguises himself as the real Meta Knight and battles Kirby. When Kirby rescues Meta Knight, Meta Knight loans Kirby his sword to defeat Dark Mind.

After Kirby manages to defeat Daroach in Kirby: Squeak Squad, Meta Knight steals the treasure they were battling for. He escapes through a door sealed by five colored stars. Kirby collects them and follows him to Secret Sea and onto The Halberd. As the ship sailed into Gamble Galaxy, Kirby and Meta Knight do battle once more, only to have Daroach claim the prize once more. In truth, the chest doesn't contain ultimate power, as Daroach believes, or cake as Kirby thinks. He contains Dark Nebula and Meta Knight was trying to prevent it's release.

Meta Knight has been an unlockable character in several different games. In Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland, he was available if the game was beaten with 100% completion. In Kirby's Air Ride, Meta Knight is one of the unlockable rides. He's also an unlockable character in Kirby: Canvas Curse.

Abilities

Meta Knight is skilled with a sword. When Kirby uses the sword in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, the ability is referred to as "Master", perhaps a nod to Link's Master Sword. Some games and the animated series name it the "Galaxia", Spanish for galaxy. He has also been seen using his sword to solve puzzles. This is probably an allusion to cuting the Gordian Knot.

Meta Knight also has the ability to fly. His wings, transformed from his cloak, resemble those of a bat.

When Meta Knight runs, its roughly as fast as Kirby when Kirby uses the Wheel ability.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• Meta Knight appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl after appearing as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee. In the game he has two unlockable trophies - one normal one and one depicting his Final Smash.

• • Within Brawl's "The Subspace Emissary", the Halberd had been stolen by the Subspace Army, and Meta Knight set out to reclaim it. He eventually teamed up with Marth to fight off minions of the Subspace Army outside the Battlefield Fortress (after briefly mistaking each other as enemies), and they were then joined by Ike when they attempted to pursue The Ancient Minister. The three swordsmen traveled throughout the land fighting off more of the Subspace Army's forces, including the mechanical Galleom, and along the way Meta Knight was also able to save Lucas and Red from a fatal fall. Meta Knight then departed from his companions when he saw the Halberd battling the Great Fox and began scaling the Glacial Mountain with the Ice Climbers to reach it. At the peak, he then battled Lucario seemingly due to accidentally disturbing his meditation. After a battle between the two, they became allies and stormed the Halberd together. They soon met a third teammate in the form of Solid Snake. Together they eventually claimed the bridge of the Halberd after defeating the massive boss Duon. With the Halberd back in his possession, Meta Knight then rendezvoused with the other heroes for the attack on Subspace. The Halberd and various other spaceships owned by the other heroes then made a daring stand against Ganondorf's massive battleship. The Halberd was shot down. It is unknown if Meta Knight was on board, but if he was he must have somehow escaped as he was among the other main party when they entered Subspace for the final battles.

Trivia

• In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Nintendo mistakenly says that Meta Knight first appeared in Kirby's Super Star. They also misspell his name by adding a hyphen.